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A new candle was placed in the candlestick. Give its impressions of the room, using not fewer than eight of the words above.

When Sir Philip Sidney was being carried off the battlefield, with a fearful wound in his thigh, he became very thirsty and begged for water. As the cup was handed him a dying soldier who lay nearby cast upon it a look of great longing. This Sidney observed; refusing the cup, he ordered that it should be handed to the soldier, saying, "His necessity is greater than mine."

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Ous, ious, eous mean full of, worthy of.

Analyze each of the following words so as to show how the

suffix modifies the meaning of the root of the word:

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New occasions teach new duties; time makes ancient good

uncouth;

They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of

Truth;

Lo, before us gleam her camp fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate

winter sea,

Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: The Present Crisis.

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If possible, visit the office of a daily paper. write an account of what you saw, using from than eight of the words above.

When you return,

memory not fewer

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Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstances, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstances. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstances. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks, until the architect can make them something else. THOMAS CARLYLE.

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Final e is retained when it is necessary to preserve the identity of the word. Learn to spell the following words:

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Words ending in ie drop the e and change i to y before ing.

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